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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Caribou, ME
NWS Caribou, ME issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2019, 3:39 PM EDT for Hancock County, Penobscot County, Washington County, Maine. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2019, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Caribou, ME
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hancock County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Washington County, ME
The radar
The Caribou radar (KCBW), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 203 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Caribou ME 114 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019 MEZ001>004-071715- Northwest Aroostook-Northeast Aroostook-Northern Somerset- Northern Piscataquis- 114 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 494 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Far Northern Maine and North Woods Maine. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. MEZ005-006-010-011-015>017-029>032-071715- Northern Penobscot-Southeast Aroostook-Central Piscataquis- Central Penobscot-Southern Penobscot-Interior Hancock- Central Washington-Coastal Hancock-Coastal Washington- Southern Piscataquis-Northern Washington- 114 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 494 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central Highlands Maine, Coastal DownEast Maine, Far Eastern Maine, Interior DownEast Maine and Penobscot Valley Maine. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ050-051-071715- Coastal Waters from Eastport, ME to Schoodic Point, ME out 25 NM- Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME out 25 NM- 114 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. ANZ052-071715- Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME- 114 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 494 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic Coastal Waters. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1215 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019
MEZ003-004-061645-
Northern Piscataquis-Northern Somerset-
1215 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SOMERSET AND WEST
CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES...
At 1214 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 15 miles west of
Billy-Jack Depot, or 24 miles southwest of Saint Juste, moving east
at 60 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Saint Juste, Baker Lake, Billy-Jack Depot and Comstock.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4606 7028 4607 7031 4610 7028 4610 7025
4615 7023 4619 7029 4627 7025 4630 7021
4635 7019 4636 7014 4641 7009 4642 7005
4657 7003 4658 7001 4657 6981 4607 6956
4599 7030 4600 7029 4602 7032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 247DEG 51KT 4630 7036
DudaSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 12:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Caribou ME
1248 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019
MEZ005-006-011-031-061730-
Southeast Aroostook-Southern Piscataquis-Central Penobscot-Northern
Penobscot-
1248 PM EDT Sat Jul 6 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PISCATAQUIS...
SOUTHERN AROOSTOOK AND CENTRAL PENOBSCOT COUNTIES...
At 1246 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Lake View
Plantation, or near Brownville Junction, moving east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Milo, East Millinocket, Medway, Ebeemee, Lake View Plantation,
Lincoln Township, Reed Plantation, Brownville, Lee, Mattawamkeag,
Chester, Winn, Medford, Woodville, Prentiss, Kingman, Maxfield, Lake
View, Macwahoc and Seboeis.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 95 between mile markers 225 and 248.
State Highway 11 near West Seboeis, and between East Millinocket and
Medway.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4547 6805 4526 6897 4544 6910 4551 6898
4577 6820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 261DEG 28KT 4540 6898
DudaLocal storm report, Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
307 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0248 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W EATON 45.61N 67.87W
07/06/2019 WASHINGTON ME TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 1 FOUR MILES SOUTH OF
DANFORTH.
&&
CBLocal storm report, Jul 6, 3:29 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
329 PM EDT SAT JUL 6 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0232 PM TSTM WND DMG LITTLETON 46.23N 67.84W
07/06/2019 AROOSTOOK ME LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE DOWN ON US 1. THE TREE WAS LARGE
ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY BLOCK THE ROAD.
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CBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Caribou, ME issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 12:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | 30 min | |
| Jul 6, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Penobscot | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Aroostook | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Penobscot, Piscataquis | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAR | Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAR | Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CAR | 88 min | |
| Jul 6, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAR | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:57 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 26 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.